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Egypt Minister of Communication defends mobile networks amidst calls for a boycott
Activists plan a one-day boycott of networks to protest the communication blackout that provided cover for state atrocities during the revolution.
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Orascom Hotels Brings in Troon Golf for Egypt Resorts
Voted the best golf course in Egypt, Taba Heights is located 20 miles from Taba International Airport on the east coast of the Sinai Peninsula.
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Can an Egyptian Virtual Call Center Outprice India?
Karim Sameh is building CloudCenter, a cloud-based operation designed to undercut competitors’ prices by employing freelancers.
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It’s time to save the fishing sector in Egypt
Fish is a good source of animal protein, essential for healthy human growth. For many Egyptians, fish is their only source of protein.
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Arabs to Davos: invest in us, don't fear us
Arab officials and civil society activists urged Western executives and commentators not to demonise the Islamic movements.
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Egypt rejected Kazakh wheat after purchase
The rejection was due to the unauthorized seeds and not because of the quality of Kazakh wheat which remained on GASC's list of approved origins.
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Egypt's external debt climbs to $34.9 billion, EU is largest creditor: Report
Country owes $1.2 billion more than the year before despite paying off a billion in loans, says central bank.
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Egypt’s Citadel Capital Plans to Construct Refinery This Year
The refinery will have a capacity of 4.2 million tons of refined products a year and construction will take four years.
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Twitter Can Now Block Tweets in Specific Countries
The San Francisco-based microblogging giant said it made the change in an effort to comply with local limits on expression in some foreign countries.
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Egypt's Economy: the Crisis Continues
Failure to address the deteriorating condition of the economy could have international as well as domestic repercussions.
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Qatar waiting for 'stability' before launching Egypt investment projects
Qatar has suspended its Egyptian projects in Egypt, Attiya noted during a 25 January celebration at the Egyptian Embassy in Doha.
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Egypt's answer to Amazon: Books.com.eg
The site, which started out as a local online Arabic book-seller has grown into a fully fledged worldwide operation.
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Egypt credit bureau seeks cooperation with telecom companies
As the first private credit bureau in Egypt, iScore has faced obstacles with the telecom sector over the years.
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CBE - Capital of Local Banks EGP 59 Billion
The total Central Bank of Egypt's deposits reached LE957 billion by the end of June.
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Egypt’s ARTOC to Invest as Much as $50 Million in First Quarter
ARTOC, which had more than $1 billion in revenue in 2010, is seeking opportunities in real estate in the U.S. and Western Europe.
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Egypt to seek US$1 bln in loans from World Bank, African Development Bank
Egypt announced last week that it had formally asked the International Monetary Fund for a $3.2 billion loan.
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Roundtable tackles post-revolution publishing in Tunisia, Egypt
The Egyptian and Tunisian publishers unions held a roundtable recently to discuss the industry's future following decades of autocracy.
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Mobile drives growth in Twitter use in Africa
A study in Nairobi found that South Africa is the continent's most active country by volume of geo-located Tweets.
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Arabic Twitter Stars Come Face-to-Face in Cairo
After a year of courageous digital leadership, female activists from MENA - some of them Twitter superstars - met in Cairo last week.
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Egypt stocks soar 6pct on commemoration of revolution
The day after a mass protest on the revolution's anniversary demanded the military hand over power to civilians.